Agree with the no certifications as well. Agree with the learn shell scripting and any other scripting languages. Add learn some of the tools that automate sys admin like puppet and the like.
Systems admins, while not always considered developers, must do some development work. If you aren't automating your work, you are wasting your time. Good sys admins understand the hardware, and are great generalists. You need to know how to tune a machine. More and more lately, sys admins also need to know virtualizations skills. Cloud systems as well. You need to be able to step in and know how to make the best use of all the machines around you. All too often, a sys admins role is lumped into the part of the business that is considered a cost center. They can't attribute your work to actually making money like they can sales or manufacturing. So expect anything you do to be penny pinched. You need a new desktop, make do with this secretaries hand-me-down, all your work is on the servers anyways. You have to learn to be risk adverse. The role of the sys admin is to make sure uptimes are high, backups are good, and disaster plans are made, if you are lucky you even get to practice the disaster plan. A lot of people who make it to be good sys admins, already have a reasonable skill set to go ahead and be a programmer who happens to admin on the side. This makes for a better job outlook. Everyone wants to find programmers. And if you can program, you can better understand the automated sys admin tools. ----- Original Message ----- > In my personal experience, I have no certs or creds with linux and > this is by no means to turn you off but Linux Sysadmins are not wanted > very much, at least around Nashville. One or two will crop up, but > usually from recruiters that barely know how to hit the start button > on Windows 98. The best thing I can tell you is this.. > > Learn shell scripting > Learn Perl > Learn real world administration > > and i'll tell you, Los Angeles is a really good place for Linux > Admins. > > Also, Linux admins are more or less "All in Ones", CIO's will want you > to be great at a bunch of tasks like Managing a Database (Mysql or > Oracle) among a few things. Also, again, learn as much shell > scripting as you can.. this is absolutely important. Others on this > list may disagree with me, but that's ok, take mine with a grain of > salt please.. > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Xpistos > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey all. I have been a member of the group for a few years and have > > even managed to make my up to a meeting here or there (difficult for > > me especially since I live in Columbia). In any event, a wise man > > once said > > find out what the successful people are doing and do that! I have > > been using > > Linux for a few years and am getting ready to make a commitment to > > getting Linux certified and not sure if I should do LIP or Linux+. I > > also want to > > know if anyone has any suggestions about how I go about becoming a > > Linux Sys > > Admin. I have been hearing lately that Nashville is a good area for > > Linux professionals and that is where this n00b would like to wind > > up. > > > > Can anyone give me a shove in the right direction? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Xpistos (pronounced Christos) > > > > -- > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this > > group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
